Praying
Mantis
Bobby McAndrews
1993
An effective thriller as we watch the mysterious Linda Crandall (Seymour) shift identities and draw husband No. 6 into her web, setting him up for her typical wedding night dose of venom, usually arsenic.
Her motive is murky, but it clearly has something to do with a miserable childhood that ruined her concept of men for good. Mysterious background Seymour plays Linda as a rather introverted writer of romance novels who becomes involved with Don (Barry Bostwick), a widower who runs a chain of bookstores.
Don is a little confused when he can't find any of Linda's novels in print, but she explains it away by telling him she writes under several pen names, but would rather he not read any of her potboilers. More suspicious is Don's sister-in-law, Betty (Frances Fisher), a recovering alcoholic who begins to doubt Linda's cover story when she mistakenly identifies Anna Karenina as the author of a famous novel rather than a character in one. Don's 17-year-old son (Chad Allen) also has his suspicions, which multiply rapidly when Linda keeps trying to fix him little "snacks" that taste funny.
Cast:
Jane Seymour .... Linda Crandell
Barry Bostwick .... Don McAndrews
Chad Allen .... Bobby McAndrews
Frances Fisher .... Betty
Colby Chester .... Agent Johnson
Michael MacRae .... Agent Broderick
Anne Schedeen .... Karen
John Martin (V) .... Sam Winslow
John Knotts .... Captain Stringer
Sherri Jensen .... Kate
Kathleen Randall .... Pratt
Barbara Kite .... Mother
Mariah Milner .... Daughter
Roger Welch .... Bellboy
James Keach - Director
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